- Victor Litvinov
Victor Yakovlevich Litvinov ( _ru. Виктор Яковлевич Литвинов, 1910-1983) was a Soviet Russian aircraft designer and organizer of the aircraft industry.
Biography
Early life
Victor Litvinov was born in the city of
Taganrog in 1910. In 1930 he completed his studies in the Taganrog's aviation technical school and was assigned to the "Aviation Factory Number 1" inMoscow as technical engineer in the assembly shop. He graduated from theMoscow Aviation Institute (MAI) in 1937. In 1938 he was appointed the chief engineer of the "Aviation Factory Number 1".Accomplishments
In 1938, Litvinov introduced the new system of project development, featuring prefabricated stocks with unified elements. This made a considerable economy of metal and reduced the cycles of stocks production. In 1940, he introduced the "parallelism principle" into the aircraft building industry: the preparations for the start of production were made simultaneously with design works and production of the new machine's plans. After the start of
World War II and the evacuation of the factory toKuybishev , Victor Litvinov organized the mass production ofIlyushin Il-2 , introducing the new principle of the conveyor line with both planes and stocks moving on the conveyor band. This innovation was further introduced into all aircraft factories of theUSSR and Litvinov was made director of the factory in 1944. In 1965-1973 - Deputy Minister of the General Engineering of theUSSR .Awards
Awarded with
Stalin Prize s in 1946 and 1950, 5Order of Lenin , 2Order of the Red Banner , and many medals.
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